And with all this new snow, there should be plenty of celebration to be had, no matter whether you are Irish, wearing green or just looking to save some green.

Ragged Mountain in Danbury only offers the deal when you purchase your ticket in advance and online at www.raggedmtn.com.

If you cannot make it on Monday and want to check out their new tubing park, Ragged is offering a tubing deal on Sunday, March 16 for$17.

Wildcat and Attitash were both skiing on powder on Wednesday, and their weather forecast called for as much as 23 inches of new snow out of this mid-week storm. That would set them up fairly nice - not only for the St. Patrick's Day deal but for the rest of March.

Owned by Peak Resorts, the two ski areas have interchangeable passes so you can ski at Wildcat in the morning and Attitash in the afternoon or the other way around.

They have so much snow at Wildcat in Pinkham Notch that they are expecting to have the area open in May. For more details on those resorts visit www.attitash.com and www.skiwildcat.com

Bretton Woods was skiing and riding on all its trails Tuesday, and had a few new inches of powder on top of their groomed trails and glades when I took runs Tuesday morning.

They will be offering the deal, as will Waterville Valley, which is also having a phenomenal snow season. They are offering an apres ski party at both Buckets and T-Bar's restaurants featuring Guinness beer on St. Patrick's Day.